#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Genesis: The Return of the Giant Hogweed From: Nursery Cryme Copyright 1971 Yellow Dog Music Written by Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford Transcribed by Macahan (the_unifaun@hotmail.com) and Nick Rose ...as played on Genesis Live ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play each [bracket] 4 times Notation: + = tap, p = pull off from tap, h = hammer on GUITAR: tapping on A string, + p h + p h etc. [ 10 3 6 11 3 6 ] [ 10 2 5 11 2 5 ] [ 10 1 4 11 1 4 ] then tapping on low E string, + p + p + p [ 15 5 8 ] [ 15 4 8 ] [ 15 3 15 3 15 3] SYNTH: the synth plays the exact same thing but one octave higher 0:39 It's hard to hear poor Hackett here, but he's playing something like the bass |---------------------------------------777--------7\--7---------11-11-11-14\| |-5---3h5-8-7-333h5----3h5-8-7-3--12\---------4h5h7------4h5h7-7\------------| |--3h5--------------3h5----------5/--5-5---5----------5----------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| Turn and run! Nothing can stop them! Around every river and canal their power is growing. |----------------------------------------777--------7\--7-----------| |--5---3h5-8-7-333h5----3h5-8-7-3--12\---------4h5h7------4h5h7-7\--| |---3h5--------------3h5----------5/--5-5---5----------5------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| Stamp them out! We must destroy them! They infiltrate each city with their thick dark warning odour. 1:04 |--9-9-9-9-8-8-6h8-6h8-8--9-9-9-9-8-8-6h8-6h8-8--| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| They are invincible. They are immune to all our |--6tr9-9-8-8-5tr8-8-5tr8-8-------------------------------| |----------------------------6-4---6-4--------------8-----| |--------------------------------6-----6-5--------7--8p7--| |--------------------------------------------5h7h8--------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| herbicidal battering. Gm Cm F Bb Dm C Long ago in the Russian hills, Dm Gm Cm C F A Victorian explorer found the regal Hogweed by a marsh. 1:40 |-------------------------7---7---7---7-3333333333--| |--10p7-10p7-10p7-10p7---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3333333333--| |------7----7----7----7-7---7---7---7---4444444444--| |---------------------------------------5555555555--| |---------------------------------------5555555555--| |---------------------------------------3333333333--| He captured it and brought it home. |----------------------12\\--------7///------12///--| |--7-8-5-7-3-5-1~---------2~---------------7//------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge. |--------------| |--9-8---7-6---| |-----8-----6--| |--------------| |--------------| |--------------| Royal beast did not forget. Dm Gm Cm He came home to London C F G GGGGGGGGGGGG And made a present of the Hogweed to the Royal Gardens at Kew. |---------------------------------------777--------7\--7---------11-11-11-14\| |-5---3h5-8-7-333h5----3h5-8-7-3--12\---------4h5h7------4h5h7-7\------------| |--3h5--------------3h5----------5/--5-5---5----------5----------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| Waste no time! They are approaching! Hurry now, we must protect ourselves and find some shelter. |----------------------------------------777--------7\--7-----------| |--5---3h5-8-7-333h5----3h5-8-7-3--12\---------4h5h7------4h5h7-7\--| |---3h5--------------3h5----------5/--5-5---5----------5------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| Strike by night! They are defenseless! They all need the sun to photosensitize their venom. |--9-9-9-9-8-8-6h8-6h8-8--9-9-9-9-8-8-6h8-6h8-8--| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| Still they're invincible. Still they're immune to all our |--6tr9-9-8-8-5tr8-8-5tr8-8-------------------------------| |----------------------------6-4---6-4--------------8-----| |--------------------------------6-----6-5--------7--8p7--| |--------------------------------------------5h7h8--------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| herbicidal battering. Gm Cm F Bb Dm C Dm Gm Cm Fashionable country gentlemen had some cultivated wild gardens C F In which they innocently planted |-------------------------7---7---7---7-3333333333--| |--10p7-10p7-10p7-10p7---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3333333333--| |------7----7----7----7-7---7---7---7---4444444444--| |---------------------------------------5555555555--| |---------------------------------------5555555555--| |---------------------------------------3333333333--| the Giant Hogweed throughout the land. |---------------------------------------14\\//-//--| |--7-8-5-7-3-5-1~------1010-----2///---------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge. |--------------| |--9-8---7-6---| |-----8-----6--| |--------------| |--------------| |--------------| Royal beast did not forget. Dm Gm Cm C F Soon they escaped, spreading their seed, preparing for an onslaught, G GGGGGGGGGGGG Threatening the human race. 4:17 _____________ Flute+guitar solo/THE DANCE OF THE GIANT HOGWEED | 1. |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |.------3--3---------------------------2223~--3p0----3--2223~--3p1-------.| |--0h2h3--3---2-3--0-2------------3-2~----------2p0----------------3p2p0--| |.---------------------3-5---0h3h5----------------2p0--------------------.| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 4:41 ___________ | 2. |--9-9-9-9-8-8-6h8-6h8-8--9-9-9-9-8-8-6h8-6h8-8--| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |--6tr9-9-8-8-6h8-6h8-8--6tr9-9-8-8---------------| |-----------------------------------10p8--10p8----| |---------------------------------------10----10--| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| 4:58 |----8~-----11-----------------8~-----11---------| |---8---------13--------------8---------13-------| |--9------------13-----------9------------13-----| |-----------------13~------10---------------13~--| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| 5:22 |--11--8-10-------/11--8-10--------/11--8-10---------------| |----------11~-------------11~--------------8~-9-9/11-11~--| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| 6:03 |-------------------20------------------------| |----------13/18-/20--20\13-------------------| |--12-13-15------------------10------10-------| |---------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------8888----8888--| |---------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------18--------------18----16-13\8------------| |-----11-------11-----11/16--/18/20--18----18/20-18---20--------------------| |--/8---10--/8---10---------------------------------------------1010101010--| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--11~\8/10\6~---11~\8/10--------------| |--------------------------------------| |-----------------------------8--------| |----------------------------6-----10--| |---------------------------------8----| |--------------------------------------| 6:31 |------------------|-------------------------| |--9-8-9-6-8---6-8-|-13-11-13----11------11--| |------------8-----|----------13----12-13----| |------------------|-------------------------| |--------x2--------|-----------x2------------| |------------------|-------------------------| Mighty Hogweed is avenged. Human bodies soon will know our anger. |------------------|--------------------------------------------------| |--9-8-9-6-8---6-8-|-13-11-13----11------11---12-11-12----11------11--| |------------8-----|----------13----12-13--------------13----12-13----| |------------------|--------------------------------------------------| |--------x2--------|--------------------------------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------------------------------| Kill them with your Hogweed hairs. HERACLEUM MANTEGAZZIANI. D C# G#m Giant Hogweed lives. F# G#m Bb C# F# D E F#m G# G Bb Eb Bb C D C# D# F Bb C D C# G#m F# G#m Bb C# F# D E F#m G# G Bb Eb Bb C D C# D# F C# D# F C# D# F F~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7~ hold (longer than other notes) 7h9 hammer-on 9p7 pull-off 7(9) bend (9)7 release (9)r release 7/9 slide up 9\7 slide down natural harmonics 7tr9 trill